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ArkansasFAYETTEVILLESullivan hired as Ark. women's tennis assistant
The women's tennis program at Arkansas has a new paid assistant who will be a familiar face to some players, SMU assistant coach Patrick Sullivan.The Razorback program announced Sullivan's hiring in a news release Friday.
LITTLE ROCKEx-Ark. Sup. Ct. judge, Muskegon Hgts native dies
Judge Andree Layton Roaf, the first black woman to serve on the Arkansas Supreme Court, died after losing consciousness in her Little Rock office.The Muskegon Heights, Mich., native was 68.
LITTLE ROCKInvestigator: Crashed plane was not overweight
A federal investigator says the plane that crashed Friday at Gastons White River Resort in Baxter County - killing three Missourians - was not overweight.National Transportation Safety Board inspector Arnold Scott says the Piper Cherokee Lance was heavy but not over gross weight.
LITTLE ROCKArk. prison guard fired, rehired before near death
An Arkansas prison guard fired after an inmate was left in his own excrement for a weekend and nearly died had been previously fired for having stolen food and rehired by the prison system, documents obtained by The Associated Press show.Prison officials fired Sgt. Bobby Lunsford for the first time in 2002 for accepting Hot Pockets microwavable sandwiches stolen from a prison chaplain. They rehired him in 2003 as a guard at the state's maximum-security Tucker Unit.
LITTLE ROCKPig that survived crash surfaces in swimming pool
An 800-pound hog that survived on its own for a week after a truck flipped while on its way to a slaughterhouse has surfaced in a swimming pool at a home near the crash site. LeAnn Baldy, whose house is only yards from Interstate 430, said Monday she noticed her pool was suddenly overflowing and then saw the immersed pig, which was having a drink in the pool.About 90 hogs were in the trailer when it overturned where I-430 meets I-40, and about 60 survived. Officials said they thought the last of them had been caught.
LITTLE ROCKSWEPCO to appeal permit rejection for coal plant
Southwestern Electric Power Co. said Monday that the state Court of Appeals ignored 30 years of procedural rules when it decided last week to overturn a Public Service Commission permit for a coal-fired power plant in southwest Arkansas.The utility filed a request with the Arkansas Supreme Court to review the appeals court ruling that would force the utility to start over in its effort to obtain a permit for the $1.6 billion coal-fired plant.
LITTLE ROCKNTSB releases report on deadly helicopter crash
The National Transportation Safety Board says the pilot of a helicopter that crashed in northern Arkansas last year failed to maintain clearance of power lines.The July 15, 2008, crash killed two Missouri men: pilot James Dean Evertsen of West Plains, and passenger Randall Arthur of Marshfield.
FAYETTEVILLEArkansas linebacker dismissed after DUI arrest
Arkansas linebacker Khiry Battle has been dismissed from the team after a weekend arrest on a charge of driving under the influence.Coach Bobby Petrino announced Battle's dismissal Monday, saying only that he'd violated team rules.
LITTLE ROCKMinn. governor says Sanford affair not political
Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty says he doesn't think the extramarital affair admitted this week by South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford, a fellow Republican, should be viewed in political terms.Pawlenty told reporters Friday night that Sanford's affair is an example of family issues that aren't limited to one political party.
LAKEVIEWSmall plane crash kills 3 in northern Ark.
A small plane taking off from a private airstrip at a popular northern Arkansas trout fishing site crashed Friday, killing the pilot and two teenagers from Missouri, authorities said.Baxter County Sheriff John Montgomery said the plane crashed at about 9 a.m. after taking off from the turf runway at Gaston's White River Resort.
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